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Chapter 28
Professional Draughtsmen on Wood
Archer, J. W. Antiquarian and Architectural; Vestiges of Old London.—Archer, J. R.S.A. Figure subjects; Burns’ Poems.—Bennett, Charles. Humorous subjects; Poets’ Wit and Humour, Quarles’ Emblems, 1860, Proverbs in Pictures.—Brandling, H. Figure subjects and Architecture; Merchant of Venice.—Clayton, J. R. Figure subjects; Barry Cornwall’s Poems, Lays of the Holy Land.—Coleman, Wm. Landscape and Figure subjects; Mary Howitt’s Tales.—Darley, Felix. Figure subjects; Poe’s Poetical Works, Poets of the West.—Dickes, William. Figures and Landscape; most of the subjects in Masterman Ready. Mr. Dickes’ attention is now turned to Colour-printing.—Edmonston, S. Figure subjects; Burns’ Poems.—Franklin, John. Figure subjects; Book of British Ballads, Mrs. S. C. Hall’s Midsummer Eve, Seven Champions of Christendom, Poets of the West.—Goodall, Walter. Figure subjects; Rhymes and Roundelayes, Ministering Children.—Hulme, F. W. Landscapes; Rhymes and Roundelayes.—Humphreys, Noel. Ornamental Vignettes; Rhymes and Roundelayes.—Jones, Owen. Moresque Ornaments and Architecture; Lockhart’s Spanish Ballads.—Keene, Charles. Figure subjects; Punch, Once a Week, Voyage of the Constance.—Lawless, M. J. Figure subjects; Once a Week, Punch.—Macquoid, Thomas. Ornamental Letters and Borders; Rhymes and Roundelayes, Burns’ Poems, Favourite English Poems, &c.—Morgan, Matthew S. Figures and Landscape; Miles Standish.—Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). Humour; Bleak House, Martin Chuzzlewit, The Pickwick Series, Wits and Beaux of Society, Lever’s St. Patrick’s Eve, &c. He has executed more etchings on steel than drawings on wood.—Prout, J. S. Landscapes and Architecture; Rhymes and Roundelayes.—Read, Samuel. Landscapes and Architecture; Rhymes and Roundelayes, contributes to the London News.—Rogers, Harry. Ornamental Letters and Vignettes; Quarles’ Emblems, Poe’s Poetical Works.—Scott, T. D. Figure subjects and Landscapes; able reducer and copyist of Pictures on Wood; Book of British Ballads.—Shaw, Henry. Architectural Ornaments, Letters, Furniture, &c.; has designed extensively on wood, chiefly for his own works.—Stephenson, James. Figure subjects; Clever Boys, Wide Wide World (Bohn’s Edition), &c. A skilful engraver on steel.—Stocks, Lumb, A.R.A. Figure subjects; Ministering Children, Ministry of Life, English Yeomen, &c. Mr. Stocks has considerable reputation as an engraver on steel.—Sulman, T. Jun. Ornamental Borders and Vignettes; Lalla Rookh.—Topham, F. W. Irish Character; Poetry of Thomas Moore, Mrs. S. C. Hall’s Midsummer Eve, Burns’ Poems.—Watson, J. D. Figure subjects; Pilgrim’s Progress, 110 designs, Eliza Cook’s Poems.—Zwecker, John B. Animals; mostly engraved by the Dalziels; Wood’s Natural History, &c.